2014 Happy Trails

Monday - September 9

Sunday - September 8

Run

47m 30s

5.10 miles

09m 18s /Mi

Full loop of mountain bike/horse trail on West side of Lapham peak with a little extra thrown in. Felt great. A perfect way to spend a Sunday Morning.

Great Luck to all my friends doing IMMOO today. Has become a bit of a bummer day for me, as it was something I had as a goal, but now that time has past. However, as I run these trails I look forward to new adventures!

Saturday - September 7

Run

2h 08m 51s

13.60 miles

09m 28s /Mi

out 1:05: 11 (9:35 pace)
back 1:03:39 (9:21 pace)
8 on glacier trail and about 5 on Ice age trail to Lapham peak.

Originally was thinking I was going to do all this on trail. However, remembered that Instep trail marathon/half marathon was going on and wanted to steer clear of that. So I took Glacier trail to Ice age and did cross over the race course a few times. At point this year I had thought about running the 1/2 as a warm up for next weekend. That probably would have been a smart idea, but this worked out fine. Was pretty humid and warm. I started out quite sluggish, but felt better as the run went and finished pretty strong and negative split by about 2 minutes. While not a huge confidence boost, it make me feel good to finish strong. Wore com[ression sleeves, as I'm thinking about racing with them next weekend. Nothing that happened today, makes me think that would be a bad idea. Also experimented with Nuun tablet in water as an alternative to Gatoraid. Also positive results from that.

Friday - September 6

Thursday - September 5

Run

43m 33s

3.60 miles

12m 05s /Mi

Awesome. Was going to go to track to do my speed session, but there was a football game. My 13 year old had decided to come with. I said, why don't we go to trail and she wanted to run. She ran the whole thing and this is at least a mile longer than she has ever gone. I am way proud of her!

Wednesday - September 4

Tuesday - September 3

Sport

Walking

30m

Ok I'll admit it, I am starting to freak a bit about the 50k. I have put in plenty of miles, but I don't think enough (and not as many as Disney). I have put in lots of trail miles, but wish I could have put in more. I think, well it is only another 5 miles on top of a marathon. Then I think, well things usual get tough at about 21-23, which means I have to suffer like that for 8-10 miles. Oh goody, just 11 more days of this...